Well, heres an update.....was connected to Be today, so no more Orange
The downside? My connection speed on their 24mb service seems to be 6.7mb

Will give it a few days to pick up/sort out etc....if it doesnt then il be ringing up to get swapped to the 8mb service
Not happy atm... My mate who recently joined Be connected at 16mb on his day of connection - and his speed went up. Mine now back were it was with orange when I first joined - and they dont have their own exchange hardware...